At Forest School, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our data subjects, including pupils, parents, prospective parents, alumni and partners.
We only collect, use, and protect personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) for lawful purposes, which include:
- Performance of a Contract: To provide educational services and support.
- Legal Obligation: To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Legitimate Interests: To manage and improve our education provision.
- Consent: Where explicit consent has been provided.
- Vital interests: To protect someone’s life.
- Public tasks: To provide education and ensuring pupils’ welfare, as set out in relevant laws and regulations.
We respect the rights of our data subjects, who have the following rights under the UK GDPR (Article 6):
- Right to Access: Data subjects may request access to personal data we hold.
- Right to Rectification: Data subjects may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure: Data subjects may request deletion of personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: Data subjects may request restriction of processing under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: Data subjects may request transfer of data to another organisation under certain conditions.
- Right to Object: Data subjects may object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
We have specific privacy notices available for our different groups of data subjects, including pupils, parents, prospective parents, and alumni. These notices provide detailed information on how we handle personal data for each group. Please refer to the relevant privacy notice for more information.
Pupils: How we use your data – Year 8 and above
Parents: How we use your child’s data – Year 7 and below
Prospective Parents and Pupils: How we use your data.
Our Privacy Officer is Mr Denis Lundie. If you have any questions about these notices you can contact our Privacy Officer:
- By e-mail: privacy@forest.org.uk,
- By telephone: 020 8520 1744,
- By post to: